The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem...

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Søren Kierkegaard Alastair Hannay

The Concept of Anxiety

A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary...

Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

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English

Norton
06 February 2015

Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of religion

Brilliantly synthesizing human insights with Christian dogma, Søren Kierkegaard presented, in 1844, The Concept of Anxiety as a landmark ""psychological deliberation,"" suggesting that our only hope in overcoming anxiety was not through ""powder and pills"" but by embracing it with open arms. While Kierkegaard's Danish prose is surprisingly rich, previous translations-the most recent in 1980-have marginalized the work with alternately florid or slavishly wooden language. With a vibrancy never seen before in English, Alastair Hannay, the world's foremost Kierkegaard scholar, has finally re-created its natural rhythm, eager that this overlooked classic will be revivified as the seminal work of existentialism and moral psychology that it is.

From The Concept of Anxiety:

""And no Grand Inquisitor has such frightful torments in readiness as has anxiety, and no secret agent knows as cunningly how to attack the suspect in his weakest moment, or to make so seductive the trap in which he will be snared; and no discerning judge understands how to examine, yes, exanimate the accused as does anxiety, which never lets him go, not in diversion, not in noise, not at work, not by day, not by night.""

By: Søren Kierkegaard
Translated by: Alastair Hannay
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781631490040
ISBN 10: 1631490044
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 06 February 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin

"""“[A] book at once so profound and byzantine that it seems to aim at evoking the very feeling it dissects. Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Kierkegaard reflected on the question of how to communicate the truths that we live by.”"" -- The New York Times ""“[A] book at once so profound and byzantine that it seems to aim at evoking the very feeling it dissects. Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Kierkegaard reflected on the question of how to communicate the truths that we live by.”"" -- The New York Times"